I bought an 1976 F-2B on Ebay USA many years ago. What I did: Let it send to Alembic from the seller. Alembic changed the voltage to 240 Volt and sent it to me to Germany. The amp is working without any problems for many yeras now!

The F-2B has already shipped to my friend who will forward it on to me in Australia. I do not want to ship it around any more than I have to. The chances of it being damaged or lost are too great for me to risk.

I did not think of sending it back to Alembic.

Graemes link to the thread makes it look fairly easy to do myself. As I am an electrician (from long ago) the instructions are fairly clear.

Sorry I'm a bit late to this thread - but for any other Aussies looking for a good deal on an F2B, Bass People has one in their stock clearance for A$1390. That's a brand new unit with full warranty, etc.